Tatanka Iyotale (Chief Sitting Bull) -- Grave of Tatanka Iyotale, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, nr Mobridge SD
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A relief monument in the form of a tombstone near the grave of Tatanka Iyotale (Chief Sitting Bull), on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation near Mobridge, South Dakota
Waymark Code: WM17FTA
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2023
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Artist Bronzkota Jack Shillingstad created this relief memorial to Tatanka Iyotale (more familiar to Americans as Sitting Bull), near his grave. The sculpture was installed in 1985, 32 years after a nearby sculpture was placed at Sitting Bull's grave.
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"SCULPTOR: Shillingstad, Jack
SUBJECT: Sitting Bull, Chief
MEDIUM: Marble epoxy plaque set in a concrete base
CULTURE: Indian
TYPE: Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Gravestone
Sculptures-Relief Sculptures
OWNER/LOCATION:
Administered by Chamber of Commerce Sitting Bull Restoration Committee Mobridge South Dakota
Located Four miles west of Mobridge, west side of the Missouri River Mobridge South Dakota
DATE: Copyrighted 1985. August 1985
NOTES:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Dakota survey, 1993.
J. Shillingstad (copyright symbol) 1985 (Incised on plaque:)
[portrait of Chief Sitting Bull]
1834-1890
Sitting Bull
Tatanka Iyotake
Sitting Bull was born on the Grand River a few miles west of Mobridge. His tragic end came at the very place he was born. He was shot when being arrested because of his alleged involvement with the Ghost Dance Craze.
Sitting Bull was originally buried at Fort Yates, N.D. On April 8, 1953 surviving relatives with the aid of the Dakota Memorial Association moved his remains to the present location and dedicated the Memorial Burial Site, April 11, 1953
1876-Victorious at the Battle of Little Big Horn
1877-Sought asylum in Canada
1881-Returned to the United States
1885-Toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show signed
SUMMARY:
Plaque set within a marker depicts a relief of Sitting Bull over text which briefly describes his life. He wears two long braids and eagle feathers pointed downward. A peace pipe lays horizontally under the head."